A CORRECT ACCOUNT OF THE TRIALS OF CHARLES M'MANUS, JOHN HAUER, ELIZABETH HAUER, PATRICK DONAGHAN, FRANCIS COX, AND OTHERS; AT HARRISBURGH - JUNE OYER AND TERMINER 1798. FOR THE MURDER OF FRANCIS SHITZ, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 28th DECEMBER, 1797, AT HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY...

1798. · Harrisburg

by [M'Manus, Charles]
Harrisburg: John Wyeth, 1798.. 163pp. Contemporary sheep, neatly rebacked, gilt leather label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown, typed description tipped onto front free endpaper. A few short closed tears at fore-edges, one larger internal tear repaired with tape. Tanned. Very good. A rare account of the first murder trial in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for a crime that took place just outside of Harrisburg in December 1797. "The will of Peter Shitz left most of his estate to his sons Francis and Peter, but if they died without children, part went to his daughter Elizabeth. Hauer was the husband of Elizabeth, and he hired four Irishmen, newly arrived in the country, to kill his brothers-in-law. Two masked men raided the house one night and killed Francis with an ax, but Peter escaped. M'Manus and Hauer were hanged" - McDade. ESTC W11939. EVANS 34040. McDADE 663. SABIN 43564. (Inventory #: WRCAM53814)
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